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Worksheet time: 12mins
What was Reconstruction?
A time of equal treatment for all people
Forced segregation
The period of time after the Civil War
The act of slavery becoming illegal
During Reconstruction, martial law was imposed on the South.
False
Frue
Talse
True
This organization helped formerly enslaved African Americans provide essentials and education and was known as the:
Bureau of Education
Freedman's Bureau
Jim Crow Centers
Bureau of Food and Shelter
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wikes Booth
Billy the Kid
John Wayne Gacy
Jim Jones
The 13th Amendment...
allowed free speech for all Americans
gave African Americans citizenship
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
made slavery legal in all states
Which Political Group thought Lincoln was too lenient and wanted more progressive change?
Progressive Democrats
Wishful Whigs
Southern Democrats
Radical Republicans
Sharecropping...
Was an illegal form of slavery and human trafficking
Was a fair form of land sharing that usually benefited both parties where the landowner would give land to the former slave to farm, in return for crops.
Was a legal form of servitude that kept blacks in a cycle of debt that kept them tied to the rich white landowner
Was where families shared land for mutual profit
Economic affects of the Civil War and Reconstruction included:
Very high income taxes instituted at federal and state levels
Manufacturing replaces agriculture across the board as main source of income
The North is economically destroyed and has to build from the ground up, the Southern economy rebounds quickly.
South is economically destroyed and has to build from ground up, Northern economy rebounds quickly
Which Amendment gave all people born in the US (excluding Native Americans) equal protection and rights under the law?
19th Amendment
15th Amendment
14 Amendment
13 Amendment
What were poor whites who supported reconstruction called?
Carpetbaggers
Ku Klux Klansmen
Lame Ducks
Scalawags
Who were Carpetbaggers?
Northerners who moved South and were seen as people who exploit the locals.
Racists who lynched blacks
Poor Southerners who wanted reconstruction which most southerners resented.
Rich African Americans who exploited others
President Andrew Johnson...
Was removed from office
Was impeached but acquitted by one vote
Was a 'Lame Duck' POTUS, who loses most of his executive power
Replaced his cabinet without authorized permission
Repeatedly blocked legislation passed by Radical Republicans
This Amendment guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
To rejoin the United States, Confederate States had to...
Acknowledge the 13th Amendment
Acknowledge the 14th Amendment
Acknowledge the 15th Amendment
Pledge loyalty to the United States
Protect former slaves from persecution
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments's main purpose was to...
give equality to all
bring economic stability to the United States
ensure equality for all male emancipated slaves
make unite the South and the North
This Group Pushed for Regaining Democratic control and Used Terror Tactics to Scare African Americans from Voting:
Federal Marshals
Jim Crow Society
Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
After an electoral dispute, Congress lets Ruthford B Hayes (R) becomes president, but Democrats force Congress to end reconstruction (Freedman's Bureau ends, federal troops leave south). Democrats also demand Hayes elect a Southern Democrat in his cabinet, but promise to protect African American rights (which doesn't happen). This occurrence is refereed to as:
The Amnesty Act of 1872
The Corrupt Bargin
The illegal Compromise
The Compromise of 1877
The Amnesty Act of 1872...
pardons almost all confederates and allows them to vote and Southern Democrats take control of local governments
makes it illegal to interfere in the right to vote
releases all political prisoners imprisoned during the civil war.
pardons almost all confederates and allows them to vote and Southern Democrats mostly stay home
Southern Democrats block rights for ____ to vote, by instituting Poll taxes and Literacy tests.
Poor Citizens
Carpetbaggers
Ku Klux Klansmen
African Americans
The court case ______ ruled that segregation, as long as it was separate but equal (it wasn't), through ______ laws was legal.
Plessy vs Ferguson, Black Codes
Brown vs Broad of Education, Jim Crow Laws
Plessy vs Ferguson, Jim Crow Laws
Dred Scott vs Sanford, Black Codes
Which of these Occur after the End of Reconstruction?
Jim Crow Laws are passed to segregate blacks and whites in public places to limit their rights.
Ku Klux Klan gains power and terrorizes many African Americans.
Democrats gain control of the Southern governments, ending reconstruction and equality progress for the next 100 years.
Blacks loose many rights and freedoms once promised to them as a free people.
Sharecropping system becomes widespread in the south and is the primary means of economy.
Despite the Shortcomings of Reconstruction, what were some Successes?
In non-south states, African Americans took part in all sections of government.
The restoration of the United States as an Unified Nation.
The 14th and 15th Amendments were a Step Forward for Civil Rights.
African Americans were inducted into society, were independent, and established institutions.
Does Racism and Prejudice Still Exist in America Today?
Yes
No
